HONG
KONG IMPORTS.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR 1925 AND 1931..
SPECIFIED COMMODITIES.
We give below a comparative table, compiled by the Statistical Branch of the Imports and Exports "Department, of the volume of merchandise imported into Hong Kong during the first quarters of 1923 and 101, The table covers all commodities which are strictly comparable:-
Building Materials:--
Bricks and tiles
Cement
piters icuts
502,400
Glass
RO. 1.
1,218,805
Timber
cu. ft.
1.154,741
1st Quarter. Ist Quarter,
1023.
1931. 1,174,505 7,230,204 787,122 2.374,027 125,043
Chemicals and Drugs:----
Acids
piculs
Others
pienis
4,027 03,539
4,420 29,143.
Total
48,750
· 96,403
Dyeing and Tanning Materials:--
Totul picula
38,028
45,511
Foodstuffa:-
"Велив
picula
179,000
Fish
pieuls
339,110
377,121 192,187
Hours
....piculs
359,634
435,30%
Cereals
piculs
.. 5,873,301
2,075,650
Beacon, hum, beef, mutton
Star.
484,408
043,502.
Sugi
picula
737,950
Onicas
pieuls
9,550
Patates ....
piculs
18,354
Dried vegetables
piculs
10,950
Total picule
7.527,853
Total lhs.
484,408
1,064,734 4,389 5,501 71,905
3,720,174 643,502
Fuels:-
Charounl
Cont
Firewood
Metals and Manufactures :
Jx 3፡94
Copper
Iron and steel
Tin plates
Tin slabs, le.
Lend
Zing
Other
piculs
..33,881
tons
240,152
• Pigulu
120,071
61,004 151,444 527,830
piculs
:
6,218,
10,815
pients
piculs
2,000) 319,023
1.760
505,860
pieuls
54,010
315,577
piculs
57.200
12,205
pients
-12,107
10,008
picule
1,237
1.980
pienla
2.523
90,936
Total
457,039
721,044
Manures:-
Sulphate of ammonia.
piculs,
45,903
Minerals and ores ..
picul
2,714
396,360
69,745
Nuts and Seeds:-
Nuts
pienis
Total
172,509 43,085
218,253
107,410 37,235
144,045
Seeds
Oils and Fris:-
Petrol
Imp. gallons
908, 102
Kerosened.............. Imp. gallons
Others
pients
12,087,089.
137,492
picers
: 273,016
yards
32,424,404
lbs.
Silk piree goods ·
Cotton yar
picuts jbs.
226,524
2,075 +
8,380,700
Vehiclesz-
Pirc Goods:-
C'uttons
Woollen blankets
Do.
Motor cars, hurries, etc. ...... Nos:
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1,417,820 9,016,038 178,400
443,870 $1,240,101 303,300 11,055 6,131,585
100
7
3,307,440 137,750 15,100
109
Motor cycles
Nos.
Sundries:--
Cunnies
Nos.
Finsks
Nos.
3,432,233 920,121
Hides and akina
picula
9,143
Leathers (sole)
piculs
20,103
14,738
Chinese papers
piculk
4,700
39.970
.....piculs
79,444
picul
45,630
30,721
piculs
9,011 109,350
Ratings
Old newspapers
Hubber raw Salt
SUBURBAN KOWLOON.
HOMELY TOUCH: AT ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH.
With evidence of its gradually becoming a shopping centre, the springing up of large residential
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flats and apartment houses, and the European atmosphere general ly to be found on the Peninsula, the fact is brought home to that Kowloon is slowly but surely developing into a vast suburb of Hong Kong, a suburb similar, to any to be seen around and about our larger towns at bone.
And a recent innovation at St. Andrews Church is helping to make this suburban atmosphere more than possible.
picula
93,710
0,764 100,915
UNREGISTERED MUI-TSAI.
WOMAN FINED 850 AT THE
MAGISTRACY.
HONG
KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1931.
li
HIRED BULLIES, '
IRATE PARENT AND DAUGH
TER'S LOVER,
A resumed case of asanli with. intent to rob and common assault was brought before Mr. E W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistr
SINGAPORE STOCK MARKET.
FRASER & CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT.
SUICIDE IN HOTEL.
STORY OF KOWLOON TRAGEDY.
Messi's. Fraser & Co., Singapore, hids are wanted for Jelebus, Hong Further light has been thrown in their weekly report dated April Kong Tins, Hitam Tins, South Taifon on Wednesday evening that a on, the report received from Kow.
2, atate as follows:-
pings and Teja Malayas at or near Chiness had committeed suicide by Stagnant conditions have prevail market rates. Raula are still shooting himself in a room at Hote! hey yesterday. The defendents, ed in all sections of the end share very quiet market with no business house situated near the Majestie Nathan, a Chinese-owned boarding Tang Mun'and "Wong Hank, both market since our last report and passing and Malayan Colfierics Theatro, pleaded guilty to the second charge | although no particular selling have continued to docline, being (and were entenced to four and pressure in noticeable, prospective now available at 827,50, with n
six mouths respectively,
investors are maintaining a wait-buyer at 897 or slightly over. ing altitude meanwhile. The
A father and daughter wero
|
It appears that the victim was, Li Wan Chung, a servant in the employ of the European Sergeants" Mrs at Central Polien Station.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT &
N
LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN ↑ 1 that the FIRST ‘ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE- ERTERED OFFICES of the Company, HOLDERS will be held at tho Re-
KING'S THEATRE BUILDING, 5TH - Froon on SATURDAY, the 16 DAY of MAY, 1931, at 11 O'CLOCK in the FORENGOs, to receive the Dires-
Rubbers-No business can be re- The revalver, belonging to Sergeant tors' Report and Accounts for the, alled upon to tell what they knew estimate of Tin shipments from the ported in this section during the Davies, had been loft in a chòng af ( period ouded 1st DECEMBER, 1980.
of the assault which followed a
Siraits for the month has now been visit to a theatre by complainant reduced to 8,000 tons, but a fairly and the girl. The father told of heavy carry-over is forecasted, and following the two to the theatre the price of the metal is declining, and asking the defendants to the three months' position now be punish the complainant for courting quoted at £100 per ton. ing the girl against his (the fa- ther's) wishes. The father did not participato in the fight but he was in the vicinity to see that his in
structions were carried out.
Both of the defendants, when enfled upon to testify, admitted that they struck the complainant and when he called out for help they ran away,
The complainant stated that the defendants
had searched his'
pockets during the brief struggle but there was no proof of this and His Worship disinissed them on
that count.
The prosecution stated that there had been several enses of this na-
ture in Kowloon and asked that the defendants be made an example nf. In passing sentence, 317. Hamilton said that there was no doubt that the men involved were
a bad lot: he would have been
Stocks of Rubber in the United Kingdom continue to increase, a further addition of 1,010 tons being recorded this week, and the Rubber
week and the only buying, indica tons
are for a few Mentakaba, Jimahs and Ulu Pandans with
netically all other stocks
offer.
on i
k
Industrials-Straits Tradora ara easier at 875 with a further seller, Straits Steamships were marketed at $290, with a buyer now at $217 and a seller at 8210, Other
share market remains entirely business consisted of Mamera nomiual', meantime..
Industrials can be quoted as bare-
Electrics at 81.75 cum. all, Robin sons from 87.80 down to 87 and
Con.
are
drawers, and when it was found to he missing at about 8p.m., a, rê- port was circulated to the various
stations.
ta Elect Auditors, and to Transact such other Business as may be Pro. porly Transacted at an Ordinary General Meeting of the Company
And Notice is further hereby given After leaving the Central Police that the Register and TRANSFEE Station, Li Wan Chung went straight to Howl Nathan, where be BOOKS, of the Company will be engaged a room on the top floor CLOSED from the 9r to the 16m by paying a deposit of $2.80. He DAY of MAY, 1981. Both Days. self in. Shortly afterwards a shot ordered a pot of ten and shut him, inclusive.
LIANG CHI HAO, was beard. An attempt was maile
Managing Director. by the employees to enter the room Hongkong 30th April, 1931. from which groans were heard, but i the door was bolted from the in- side,
poon on the scene and they found
Police officers from Yapmati were a
the man with a bullet wound in his stomach. He was removed, to
hospital where he died an hour later. The revolver was identified
y steady nad Straits Traders, United Engineers at 87,40, Rubinsons and Malayan Collieries solidated Tin Smelter Prefs, have all declined over the week. I wanted at 18/- and there are the The subscription lists for the repent jusual enquiries for the other Pre-Ins the weapon which was missed flotation of Malayan Breweries, forence issues with sellers decidedly | by Sergeant Davica. Ltd., were closed on the 27th instant. scarce. Gammong are an uncertain
that he intended to commit suicide Mining-Sungei Luna harg e-market round 814.25 ex.. div, and | and asked that the revolver be re- mained very steady and wore taken Singapore Cold Storages neglected ut $1.02, business also being done at 84.86, other stocks being practi-
in Kinta Tin Dredges at 07 and 96 cally unchanged. Hong Kong tents, Kuenais 63 cents, Penawats Banks are firmer on the London
more in sympathy with them if 523-523 cents, Malaya Consolidat-Register at £ios middle, an appré they had done the net on acepunteds 173 conta, Petalings 83.th and ciation of £2.10 and Tobacco shares of some grievance of their own.
Fuchongs 12. There are further have advanced as the result of the The first defendant had been a
resent Budget statement. Dunlopa nyers of Sungei Luas, it slightly have declined sharply to 0/0, a loss under the above figure and Petal- of 4/3 since our last report on the
member of the Water Police for four years and due to this fact he gave him a lighter sentence.
7
LEGACY HOAX.
BENEFICIARIES" CALLED
TO A MEETING.
SOLICITORS" " ̧ LETTER.''
A large number of people in London and Surrey, mostly bear- ing the surname of Harris, were the victims of a practical joker who anticipated April 1.
They received a letter purporting to come front a firm of solicitors, "Messrs. Thomas and Giffard, Nottingham-place, W. 1" with the telephone numbers Welbeck 1032 and 3720, which rend as follows:
Dear Sir,-We have to inform you that as executors of the estate of John Sebastian Harris, deceased, we are empowered to call a meeting of the leantees under his will, as directed by him in a codicil of that will At the time of his decense he was a master at Epsom College, consequently the will be read there.
"Can you arrange to be present at this reading, and thus avoid a number of irksome formalities? It will be held at the Bursary, Epsom College, Epsom, Surroy, nt 7.30 p.. on Tuesday, March 31.
"If you are unable to attend kindly communicato either with Mr. Thomas, who will be at the Hursary all day Tuesday, or with the writer as the above address.--.
Yours faithfully G. ROWSE."
The telephone numbers are those of Mme. Tussaud's and the names given as solicitors are those of the Bursar of the College, Major W. L.. Giffard, and Mr. S. H. Thomas, one of the housemasters. Through- out the day persons named Harris or with surnames beginning with the letter "G." or "D." Called at Wong Shim, a tailor's wife, waa charged before Mr. Schofield at
the College or telephoned. Mme. Central Magistracy yesterday with Tussaud's also received many tele bringing an unregistered mri-teat phone inquiries, and a number of into the Colony.
people visited Nottingham-place. Defendant, denying that the girls is porsumed that the hoaxer, was a mui-faai, declared that she after sending letters to persons of the name of Harris, picked out of employed her at a wage of 860 a year for the purpose of looking ber of others beginning with "G” the telephone book names of a num- after her aged mother-in-law in
or "D." the cointry. She admitted, how-' ever, that sho had paid $210 to the girl's parents, which she stated was in the way of security against the girl being sold while she was in her custody.
No Master of the Name, Major Giffard, in an interview? with a Press representative, said that the whole thing was a hoax, There had been no master named Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen, of the John. Sebastian Harris at the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs, school, and there was no firm of produced a document which ho a solicitars, Thomas and Giffard. plained was a deed of presentation. "Our opinion," he said, "is that It referred to a sum of 8300 paid the hoax has been done by some over to the girl's father in the coun- one with an intimate knowledge We understand that the wooden try a month before the present af the College, possibly by someone cores of the hammers used for proceedings. If the sum mentioned
who has recently loft. In addition to inquiries at the school, there striking the church bells were late- was a long, no interest was paid on the one hand, while, on the
have also been inquiries at the off- ly overhauled and renovated, there- ather, the girl was paid no wages, cas of the school in London, and by greatly improving the tone of The 8.C.A. officia! further stated bank managers in Lombard-street. the bells. But St. Andrews has gone the authorities on May 4 when the also received letters."
that the cuss came to the notice of Carshalton, and Chipstead have
one further and, having acquired" girl made a complaint at the Cent- the services of an artiste in bell: tral Police Station of ill-treatment manipulation, we are now given by her employers. This allegations the pleasure on Sunday evenings of hearing many old melodies and airs familiar to us since our child hood. Truly a delightful reminder of the homeland. M. W. H. C. Robson has been responsible for thej novation of the bells, while Mr. J. J. Moore, of H.M.S. Hermes, 1s the bell ringer.
was found to be untrue on investi- gation, the girl's intention being apparently to find some excuse to go back to her mother. Mr. Mac Fadyen added that the offence was
The Hoadmaster, Mr. A. C. Powell, said that it was a hoax of the worst possible taste, and had. certainly not been perpetrated by anyone in the school... It had caused distress and expense to a great many people.
About 7.30 p.m. a number of peo- vor acious one but he thoughente arrived at the College to the fine would meet the "cau
informed that they had been" hoai-;
His Worship imposed a fine ofed, among them being professionalį
$50 and also made an order for the girl to be restored to her par
ents.
men, business men, and women,
The police are inquiring into the Tatter,
A letter found in the room stated
turned to the owner. It is under. for some time and in a depressed stood that, the man had been sick
| state of mind.
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD., NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
FIFTIETH
ings are wanted at 83.00, also a news that it is proposed to pass the GENERAL MEETING of
sinall lots of Stones at 0/. Temen-final dividend. Shell Transports gora have Iniyets at 2/73 with shares | £2.15.6, British-American Tobaccos Jon offer at 3/- and there is an 'en- | £4,5, Duff 2/6 and Imperial
quiry for Tropohs. at 13/3, whilst Tobaccos £4.126.
DIVIDENDS.
Total for
NAME
Dividend
year to Year Dato Books date Enda Payable close
South British Ins.
1931.
18. 4d. int.
s. 4d. Ang, 31 23.4.31
Rubber.
Tin.
Tone Sold.
Price.
April 22
£112. 3.0
150
++
23
2.15/16
112.15.0
150
36.62
24
Pid.
112.13.0
150
56 25
2.15, 168.
112 2.61
150
58.00
29
2fd. 2Zd,
125
55 97
300. 2.G
175
54.30
27d.
$50.00
ORDINARY
SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on TUESDAY, the 19TH MAY, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Accounts for the Year ended the 81st DECEMBER, 1931.
and
bo
Tho SHARE REGISTER TRANSFER BOOKS will CLOSED from the 5TH to the 19TH MAY, 1981, Bolh Days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
"
General Agouts. Hong Kong, 28th April, 1931, [062
R.
[691
G.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
DARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of
PART Sale by Public Austion to
be held on MONDAY, the 11TH DAY of
MAY, 1931, at 3 r.x, at the Offices GOVERNOR of One Lot of CROWN of the Public Works Department,. Order of HIS EXCELLENCY TUM by
LAND at Shamshuipo, in the Colony. of Hong Kong, for a term of 75 years, commending from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE KIND, for one further term
of 24 years less three days.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Lot No. 1492.
Adjoining New Bowloon Inland Lot No. 1317,
"New Kowloon Inland
Cheung Sha Wan Boad.
No. of Sale
Registry No.
Locality.
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